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    Kutztown, PA Antq Radio/Vntg Electronics Swap Meet/Auction May 10-11, 2024

    Twice a year, since 2001, in May + Sept., these are truly events ! Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Historical Radio Club, www.dvhrc.com , and hosted by Renninger's Farmers and Antique Market in Kutztown, PA www.renningers.net , these "Happenings" occur rain or shine, as there are two...
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    Must Move 80 pound tube amp from central NJ or Kutztown, PA to Northern Florida or Georgia

    Holiday Greetings, All ! I have this heavyweight amp that needs a ride to northern Florida or southern Georgia. I will put it in a box, but I need help loading it into your vehicle. The next Kutztown, PA Antique Radio/Vintage Electronics meet is May 10th and 11th, 2024. A meetup there could be...
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    Days until the Finest Eastern, Vintage Swap Meet, 9/15/23 @ Kutztown, PA: Antique Radio, HiFi, Vintage Electronics !

    These are truly one of the most worthwhile Swap Meets in the USA ! Info available at www.dvhrc.com as well as www.renningers.net The Kutztown, PA Radio Swap Meet Event shows have been and will continue to exhibit/offer huge amounts of vintage HiFi Audio equipment, studio gear, Electronic parts...
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    Auction @Jackson, NJ, 7/15/23 was great! Results@post 4

    Edited: Some auction results are listed in Post #4... The NJ Antique Radio club, www.njarc.org , and the Delaware Valley Antique Radio Club, www.dvhrc.com are lucky they both have two important members who have combined their knowledge to form www.jdauctionsllc.com , a live auction co., as...
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    Kutztown, PA Antq Radio +Vntg Electronics show May 12-13

    Not to be missed, these "radio meets" in Kutztown, PA are fantastic events ! Generally speaking, there is as much HiFi available at these shows as antique radios ! Parts n Tubes galore. Over 150 vendors and 250 tables ! Free admission and free camping ! Best way to attend is pre-arranging a...
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    New Jersey Antq Radio & Vintage Electronics Meet: 3/18/23 Parsippany, NJ PAL

    Yes, only 2 weeks away...The Parsippany, NJ PAL building is located at: 33 Baldwin Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Show opens to the public 8 AM. Exhibitor/Vendor tables might still be available...Lots of Tubes and Parts easy on the pocket, some Record Players, Record Player Parts n Styli...
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    3/11/2022 New Jersey Antique Radio Meeting w/ Audio Presentation

    Next Friday, 3/11/22, around 7:30 PM, the monthly meeting of the NJARC (www.njarc.org) will be at InfoAge, a scientific consortium in Wall Township, NJ, GPS address is 2201 Marconi Road, Wall Twp. After the member meeting, there is usually a short presentation relating to radio or...
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    Kutztown, PA - Huge Swap Meet Sept 16-17, 2022

    This is the big one...twice a year, in early May and mid-September. Full details at: www.dvhrc.com and www.renningers.net The DVHRC is the Delaware Valley Historical Radio Club, sponsor of this great event. Renningers Farmer's and Antique Market in Kutztown, PA are the hosts. Free...
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    Let's talk about Pickering V-15 and Stanton 500 carts...

    Pickering was very involved with the development and advent of stereo discs as we know them, circa 1957 to 1958. Their first stereo carts were the 45x45, Stereo 90 and Stanton 371. The Stanton 371 was their top of the line circa 1958. When you look at the stylus movement of these, the cantilever...
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    Any Tube Audio devotees zooming on Nov. 15th ?

    Check the AK Member forums > Events & Happenings threads > " MidAtlantic Fall Gathering 2020 Via Zoom" meeting and then simply message the host, our gentleman moderator ehoove. The theme is "What audio toy would u like for the holiday season ?" However, the previous zoom times lasted at least...
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    Phono EQ Design + Retrofit to Early Stereo Shure M65 Preamp + Mono Preamps

    Phono EQ Design + Retrofit to the Shure M65 Various Phono Playback Curves and annotated info. The SHURE M-65 PHONO STAGE: Two M65 Units, underside by underside. The first is lightly modified. The other is retro-resto upgraded with three different phono EQ choices: RIAA; AES; 700/800 Hz...
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    Kutztown, PA Vintage Electronics Swap 9/18-19/2020

    Swap Meet Date for 2020: The excitement is building among fellow exhibitors. If all is safe and sound in September, this show could be a major rejuvenation for all attendees and exhibitors... September 18th and 19th, 2020 Keep in mind that exhibitors and vendors will be cued up and ready to...
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    Stax service...Failure Modes can get costly...

    Has anyone rebuilt Stax earspeaker adapters/amps so they can use the "Pro" earspeaker types ? I remember seeing an older "adapter type unit" upgraded for the Pro models, but cannot locate the needed mod info. Also, concerning their early tube amps for either type headphones, do the diodes...
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    Where do younger collectors find their HiFi audio gear these days ?

    Maybe, this is an appropriate question, maybe not... Very vintage collectors, now in our "middle aged" or even "senior" status will remember home HiFi stereo stores, TV-Radio and electronic surplus parts establishments, even small and large record stores, in every city and many nearby towns...
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    Northeast Antique Radio/Audio/Electronics Show 9/20-21/2019 Kutztown, PA

    Twice a year, in May and September, the Renningers Antique Market in Kutztown, PA hosts a fantastic swap meet event. These shows are sponsored by the Delaware Valley Historical Radio Club. The next show is in two weeks, 9/20 and 9/21, with exhibitor/vendor setup beginning in the afternoon...
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    The May 2019 Kutztown, PA DVHRC/Renningers Swap Meet...

    Perhaps, one of the finest swap meets in the eastern region, are these events. Sponsored by the DVHRC (Delaware Valley Historical Radio Club) and the Renningers Farmer's Market, Kutztown, PA "Antique Radio" shows have become sizeable, major audio events in their own right. This next major audio...
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    Fisher 50-PR/ 50-PRC = Variable EQ Phono Preamps, circa 1953....Design + Retrofit

    The Fisher "Series 50" components included some cool items. The Fisher 50 phono cartridges were rebranded, plated Fairchild pickups. Besides the legendary 50A and 50AZ amps, which this series undoubtedly revolved around, Fisher offered some novel, cute, plasticized, genuine imitation bakelite...
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    Anyone Using the Fisher PR-66 Phono Preamp ? Some Phono EQ re-design...

    In over forty years of collecting, I have seen/heard of a handful. Of that handful, I have owned three and still keep one. These were stereo phono stages, which could also be wired for Tape Head or Mic input. They are a bit tight inside, but can easily be refined/upgraded. Tube compliment...
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    New Jersey Antique Radio Show/Swap Meet 7/21 in Wall Twnshp, NJ

    On historic Marconi Rd, in Wall Township, is an ex-military, armory looking type site, now known as InfoAge. The New Jersey Antique Radio Club, njarc.org has a very high quality museum within this InfoAge complex. The njarc sponsors three swap meets a year, two in Parsippany (spring and fall)...
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    Kutztown, PA Antq Radio Meet 5/11 & 12/2018 is 2 Wks. Away....

    Same location since the '90s ! Graciously perpetuated by Renningers Kutztown / DVHRC antique radio club, this show is widely attended by Audio collectors, record hounds, jukebox clubs and antique radio folk alike, from anywhere USA and beyond. Twice a year, May and September, this is a...
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    Kutztown, PA Renningers/DVHRC Antq. Radio Swap Meet 9/15-16/2017

    This fantastic event is less than a month and a half away ! This show will be the thirty-seventh meet at the same location ! Known to be as much an audio show as an antique radio/vintage electronics show, it certainly deserves the attention of the audio crowd. Plan to attend these major events...
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